Basic physician training in Melbourne Health
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is a major tertiary referral hospital in Melbourne and a premier centre of clinical training. Supervision and support from opinion leaders are complemented by:
- Unit based teaching; Melbourne Health hosts a wide range of specialty-based meetings. Details may be accessed from here, the most up-to-date list of meetings can also be downloaded below.
- Short and long case tutorials and mock FRACP examinations in the months preceding the clinical exams. In 2010, there were exchanges of trainees for these activities between Melbourne Health and Western Health to increase the range of patients encountered and to simulate real examination conditions more closely;
- The RACP lecture series, received by video conference facilities in Meeting Room 2, 8 South (opposite the Medical Workforce Unit in the Executive Suite); and
- The Consortium tutorial program for the written FRACP examinations. For the 2010 examinations, this ran from November 2009 to February 2010. Nearly all tutorials are held at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and are video-conferenced to the Western Hospital and Ballarat Health Services
The Director of Physician Education of Melbourne Health is Dr Sam Hume. Contact via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Basic physician trainee rotations in Melbourne Health
Basic physician trainee rotations in Melbourne Health are largely interchangeable among BPT2 and BPT3 doctors. Internal rotations cover General Medicine, a wide range of medical specialties and Intensive Care. All trainees are required to work one Relieving rotation per year. External rotations include General Medicine and various medical specialties in Western Health and Ballarat Health Service, and General Medicine in Northeast Health Wangaratta. All trainees are required to work one rural rotation (Ballarat or Wangaratta) and/or one Western Health rotation per year. Rural and Western Health rotations are placed in the first six months of the BPT2 year (preceding the year of the FRACP examinations), and in the last six months of the BPT3 year (the year of the FRACP examinations).
Basic physician trainees in Melbourne Health should direct workforce enquiries to Ms Rochelle Lee-Archer, Junior Medical Staff Consultant, Melbourne Health ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or +61 3 9342 8749).
For more information about Melbourne Health in general, visit its website.
